Country tally of points after 49th (101st) edition of the Saturday 04/06/2022 Practice Oware Tournament
1. Uganda 🇺🇬(21) - 740.5
2. Nigeria 🇳🇬(12) - 335.0
3. Colombia 🇨🇴(11) - 322.5
4. United Kingdom 🇬🇧 (4) - 286.5
5. Kazakhstan 🇰🇿(8) - 235.5
6. Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬(6) - 179.0
7. Benin 🇧🇯(7) - 144.0
8. Belarus🇧🇾 (1) - 126.0
9. Ghana 🇬🇭(6) - 116.5
10. Czech Republic 🇨🇿(3) - 103.5
11. France 🇫🇷(4) - 102.0
12. Germany 🇩🇪(1) - 79.5
13. China 🇨🇳 (3) - 32.5
14. Austria 🇦🇹(2) - 22.0
15. Cape Verde 🇨🇻(1) - 18.0
16. Poland 🇵🇱 (3) - 13.5
17. Spain 🇪🇸 (2) - 12.5
18. Ivory Coast 🇨🇮(1) - 8.5
19. Antigua & Barbuda 🇦🇬 (1) - 8.5
20. Costa Rica 🇨🇷 (1) - 7.0
21. Togo 🇹🇬(1) - 6.0
22. Barbados 🇧🇧 (1) - 3.0
23. Italy 🇮🇹 (1) - 3.0
24. Russia 🇷🇺 (1) - 2.0
*The numbers in the brackets indicate the number of players that have represented each country.*
Last week’s edition of the practice tournament (nations league) had 13 countries represented. 21 players from Uganda 🇺🇬, 12 players each from Nigeria 🇳🇬 & Colombia 🇨🇴, 8 from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿. 7 from Benin 🇧🇯, 6 each from Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 & Ghana 🇬🇭. 4 from France 🇫🇷, Poland 🇵🇱 & the UK 🇬🇧, 3 each from China 🇨🇳, & the Czech Republic 🇨🇿. 2 each from Austria 🇦🇹, Spain 🇪🇸 & Togo 🇹🇬. 1 each from Antigua & Barbuda 🇦🇬, Barbados 🇧🇧, Belarus 🇧🇾, Cape Verde 🇨🇻, Costa Rica 🇨🇷, Germany 🇩🇪, Italy 🇮🇹, Ivory Coast 🇨🇮, Russia 🇷🇺, and 4 from unknown & countries.
In the latest edition of these tournaments 3 countries positions changed,moving up), Nigeria 🇳🇬overtook Colombia 🇨🇴 moved into 2nd position. Poland 🇵🇱 moved up one place overtaking Spain 🇪🇸. Togo 🇹🇬 moved up 4 placed to the 21st position.
The ranking list of countries in terms of points for this tournament stands at:
1st - Nigeria 🇳🇬 (21.0)
2nd - Uganda 🇺🇬 (18.5)
3rd - Ghana 🇬🇭 (9.5)
4th - Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 (7.5)
5th - UK 🇬🇧 (6.5)
6th - Togo 🇹🇬 (5.0)
7th - Poland 🇵🇱 (4.0) & Benin 🇧🇯 (4.0)
8th - Colombia 🇨🇴 (3.0), Czech Republic 🇨🇿 (3.0) & Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 (3.0)
9th - Belarus 🇧🇾 (2.5)
With 3 editions to go, team Uganda 🇺🇬 continues to pull ahead with a slightly increased 405.5 points against lead contender Nigeria 🇳🇬. It was refreshing to have Poland 🇵🇱, Togo 🇹🇬 represented after a long hiatus & Nigeria back from their absence last week.
We implore all members to take part in these practice tournaments. Don’t just wait for a championship to come around to familiarise yourself with the sign up process. For as has been shown, doing so once is not enough to guarantee you will be able to sign up on the day of a championship.